24.15.1
2024-04-22
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.15.0
2024-04-15
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.13.0
2024-04-01
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.7.2
2024-03-25
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.7.1
2024-03-01
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.7.0
2024-02-20
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
24.5.0
2024-02-05
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.45.1
2023-11-15
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep watching this space for any future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.45.0
2023-11-13
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep watching this space for any future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.43.0
2023-10-30
New and noticeable:
• Killed a bug that made some interstitials unresponsive.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.41.0
2023-10-17
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.39.0
2023-10-02
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.37.1
2023-09-23
New & Noticeable:
- No new features this week, but keep checking this space for any new announcements.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- Performance improvements and minor bug squishing.
23.37.0
2023-09-18
New and noticeable:
• Squished a bug related to the camera button when looking in landscape
• Also smooshed a text-related bug in Group Chats
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.35.2
2023-09-11
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.35.1
2023-09-07
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.35.0
2023-09-05
New and noticeable:
• Demolished a clipping bug with live camera preview in full-screen mode.
• Fixed call blocked dialogue not appearing
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.33.0
2023-08-23
New and noticeable:
• Fixed a a bug around deleting messages affecting a few users
• Made big improvements with contact search logic, returning better results for your search.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.31.0
2023-08-07
New & Noticeable:
- No new features this week, but keep checking this space for any new announcements.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- Performance improvements and minor bug squishing.
23.29.1
2023-08-01
New and noticeable:
• Eradicated a bug that was disabling the call button accidentally for some users.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.29.0
2023-07-25
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.27.1
2023-07-13
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week but keep checking this space for future asnnouncements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.27.0
2023-07-12
New and noticeable:
• No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.25.0
2023-06-27
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep looking here for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Many under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.23.0
2023-06-20
New and noticeable:
• We've added a new section to the main menu called Perks with special offers for our users.
• Fixed bug some users were experiencing with voicemails not playing back fully.
• Demolished the bug causing the app to hang on launch until the user force-closed the app.
New and not-so-noticeable:
• Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.21.0
2023-06-12
New and noticeable:
• Fixed a stubborn close button that wasn't working on the Store pages.
• Identified an issue being experienced by some users having trouble opening the app.
New and not so noticeable:
* Optimization, minor bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements.
23.17.0
2023-05-09
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep looking here for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Many under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.15.0
2023-04-17
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep looking here for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Many under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.13.1
2023-04-10
New and Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug that had banner ads blocking some contacts.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Many under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.13.0
2023-04-03
New and Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug that had banner ads blocking some contacts.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Many under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.11.0
2023-03-20
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep looking here for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.9.0
2023-03-06
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
23.7.0
2023-02-21
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Performance improvements and minor bug squishing.
22.45.0
2022-11-14
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.43.0
2022-10-31
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.41.0
2022-10-17
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Performance improvements and minor bug squishing.
22.39.0
2022-10-03
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.37.0
2022-09-19
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep watching this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.35.0
2022-09-06
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.33.0
2022-08-22
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.31.0
2022-08-08
New & Noticeable:
• Added support for calls to the national 988 suicide and crisis help line.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.29.0
2022-07-26
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep watching this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.28.0
2022-07-18
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.27.0
2022-07-11
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.26.0
2022-07-04
New & Noticeable:
• iOS 13 and under no longer supported.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.25.0
2022-06-27
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.24.0
2022-06-20
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.23.0
2022-06-13
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.22.0
2022-06-06
New & Noticeable:
• Some users will see improved load times on sending photos and videos.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.21.0
2022-05-31
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.20.0
2022-05-24
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.19.1
2022-05-18
New & Noticeable:
• Crushed a bug that was causing crashes from the conversation screen for a small number of users.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.19.0
2022-05-16
New & Noticeable:
• Stomped out a bug causing the attachment panel to show up as a white screen.
• Crushed a bug causing the keyboard in the contact search screen to not dismiss properly.
• Smooshed a bug causing notifications for incoming messages even after logging out of the app.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.15.0
2022-04-18
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug around the "no internet" banner not showing.
• Many additional fixes and improvements to the UX.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Plus the usual under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.14.0
2022-04-11
New & Noticeable:
- Eliminated a couple of bugs in the conversation screen
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Some under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug squishing.
22.13.0
2022-04-04
New & Noticeable:
• Eliminated a couple of bugs in the conversation screen
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Some under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug squishing.
22.12.0
2022-03-28
New & Noticeable:
• Quashed a bug that was messing with banner ads for some users.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.11.0
2022-03-21
New & Noticeable:
* No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
* A week of under-the-hood optimizations, UI polishing, stability improvements and minor bug eradications.
22.10.1
2022-03-17
New & Noticeable:
• Hotfix to address calling issues that were affecting some users.
22.10.0
2022-03-14
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.9.0
2022-03-07
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep watching this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Plenty of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.8.0
2022-02-28
New & Noticeable:
• New video compression for better quality video.
• Fixed bugs involving screen transitions and thumbnail previews.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Plenty of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.7.0
2022-02-22
New and Noticeable:
• Smashed a bug in the UI when sharing numbers
• Demolished a bug where pictures could not be sent as the first message in a conversation.
• Implemented new image compression to prevent the blocking of images when sending to an AT&T phone
• Call back button has been removed when the number is unknown.
• Made adjustments to group calling functionality.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual minor under-the-hood optimizations, bug crushes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.6.0
2022-02-14
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Our usual optimization and minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.5.0
2022-02-07
New & Noticeable:
• Improvements to SIM card activation flow
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Plenty of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.4.0
2022-02-01
New & Noticeable:
Crushed a bug causing a small number of users to experience crashed calls.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Streamlined some of our UX, and simplified our porting screen.
• Made under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.3.0
2022-01-24
New & Noticeable:
Crushed a bug showing the wrong conversation during a conference call.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Made improvements to our UI, as well as some under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.2.0
2022-01-17
New & Noticeable:
No new features this week, but keep checking this space for upcoming announcements.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Made some improvements to our UI, as well as some under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
22.1.0
2022-01-10
New & Noticable:
- Crushed bugs around audio issues affecting a few users.
- Eradicated a bug that made the hamburger menu unresponsive.
- Killed a couple of bugs related to messaging.
New and Not-so-Noticeable:
- Many minor bugs squashed, optimizations optimized, improvements improved, and stabilities stabilized.
21.40.0
2021-10-18
New & Noticeable:
• TextNow now supports iOS 13 and above.
• Squashed two bugs causing crashes on the Contact Support page, and on the try-again pop up.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.39.4
2021-10-13
New & Noticeable:
• Tapping a push notification now takes you straight to your conversations.
• Visual improvements (Polish ver.)
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.39.3
2021-10-12
New & Noticeable:
• Tapping a push notification now takes you straight to your conversations.
• Visual improvements (Polish ver.)
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.39.2
2021-10-08
New & Noticeable:
• You can now edit your name when updating your profile.
• New and improved primary phone sign-up.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.38.1
2021-10-07
New & Noticeable:
• You can now edit your name when updating your profile.
• New and improved primary phone sign-up.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.38.0
2021-10-04
New & Noticeable:
• Eradicated a bug happening for some users where swiping to delete a conversation would crash the app.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.37.1
2021-09-30
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug for those of you on smaller devices that hid the area code field during signup.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.37.0
2021-09-27
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug for those of you on smaller devices that hid the area code field during signup.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Lots of under-the-hood optimizations, minor bug fixes, performance, and stability improvements.
21.1.0
2021-01-13
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for some upcoming announcements of cool new features we're working on.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Optimization and minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
21.0.0
2021-01-12
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for some upcoming announcements of cool new features we're working on.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Optimization, and minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.47.2
2020-12-16
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for some upcoming announcements of cool new features we're working on.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Optimization, and minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.47.1
2020-12-11
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for some upcoming announcements of cool new features we're working on.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Optimization, and minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.47.0
2020-12-08
New & Noticeable:
• No new features this week, but keep checking this space for some upcoming announcements of cool new features we're working on.
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Optimization, and minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.46.0
2020-11-30
New & Noticeable:
• Made multiple improvements and fixes to the user-experience
New and not-so Noticeable:
• Minor under-the-hood bug fixes and performance and stability improvements.
20.44.1
2020-11-19
New and Noticeable:
- No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Minor bug fixes, lots of under the hood tweaking, performance and stability improvements.
20.44.0
2020-11-16
New and Noticeable:
- No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Minor bug fixes, lots of under the hood tweaking, performance and stability improvements.
20.43.0
2020-11-10
New and Noticeable:
- No new features this week but keep checking this space for future announcements!
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Minor bug fixes, lots of under the hood tweaking, performance and stability improvements.
20.42.0
2020-11-02
New & Noticeable:
- Search bar stability on the home view has been improved.
- Squished a bug that prevented the user from updating their email address.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Minor bug fixes, lots of under the hood tweaking, performance and stability improvements.
20.41.1
2020-10-28
New & Noticeable:
• Demolished a bug that prevented users from cancelling when adding info to an existing contact from the dial pad.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.41.0
2020-10-26
New & Noticeable:
• Demolished a bug that prevented users from cancelling when adding info to an existing contact from the dial pad.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.40.0
2020-10-22
New & Noticeable:
• Destroyed a bug where the area code choice screen wouldn't display correctly on iPhone SE.
• Smooshed a bug where sponsored conversations from TextNow would open the wrong link when clicked.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Additional minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.39.0
2020-10-12
New & Noticeable:
• Sharing images bug has been fixed.
• Search bar crash has been fixed.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Performance improvements and minor bug squishing.
20.38.0
2020-10-05
New & Noticeable:
- Giphy messaging plug-in has been updated for increased stability and performance.
- Added an "interests" field to the profile.
- Crushed ad-related bugs.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Much under-the-hood work done to clean up and improve overall performance & stability.
- Minor bugs also crushed.
20.37.0
2020-09-28
New & Noticeable:
- Fixed a bug when opening a message from a notification would open the conversation with the giphy keyboard open instead of the regular keyboard.
- Fixed a bug that prevented users from swiping to dismiss the new Profile settings screen.
- Fixed a crash an intermittent crash the home screen.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- Additional minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.36.0
2020-09-19
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed bug where tapping on the GIF search bar after scrolling through available GIFs wouldn't bring up the keyboard unless you tapped on Search again.
• No longer shows last email used on signup screen
• Fixed bug where an incoming call would continue to ring if cancelled from a notification pop-up.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• Additional minor bug fixes, plus performance and stability improvements.
20.35.0
2020-09-16
New & Noticeable:
• No longer crashes when tapping on the cancel button from country screen after removing text from the search bar.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• The usual minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.34.0
2020-09-08
New and Not-so Noticeable:
• The usual minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.33.0
2020-09-02
New & Noticeable:
- Clarified error messages during the number selection part of sign-up.
- Fixed UI issues on the number selection seen by some iPad users.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- The usual minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.32.0
2020-08-24
New & Noticeable:
- Improved and expanded errors messages when trying to sign-in using the incorrect authentication method.
- Updated layout for iPads for the landscape view on the login/sign-up screens.
- Added additional navigation buttons to the login and sign-up screens.
New and Not-so Noticeable:
- The usual minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.31.1
2020-08-19
New & Noticeable:
• You can now add GIFs to your messages with the new built-in GIF search engine, available right in the message reply field.
• Twitter icon now appears when sharing TextNow
• Conversations now resize properly when writing a message containing pictures or GIFs when a user was blocked.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual minor bug squishing and performance improvements.
20.31.0
2020-08-18
New & Noticeable:
• You can now add GIFs to your messages with the new built-in GIF search engine, available right in the message reply field.
• Twitter icon now appears when sharing TextNow
• Conversations now resize properly when writing a message containing pictures or GIFs when a user was blocked.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual minor bug squishing and performance improvements.
20.30.0
2020-08-10
New & Noticeable
• No new features this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Fixed bug where green call-in-progress banner was not showing up on iPad in landscape mode.
• Fixed bug where boxes were being displayed too closely together on interstitial ads.
• Fixed bug where in-call screen wasn't being dismissed immediately when the rate-call dialog was shown.
• Fixed bug where Terms of Use & Privacy Policy text boxes were getting cut off.
20.29.0
2020-08-04
New & Noticeable:
- No new features this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- Users can no longer earn credits by sharing their TextNow number.
- New users will be asked for location permissions when choosing their TextNow number.
- Improved error messaging on sign-up to be clearer.
- New users can now sign up quicker from the select a number screen.
- Fixed bug on iOS 13 where a conversation's nav bar would disappear if the user cancelled creating a new contact during the conversation at a specific point.
20.28.0
2020-07-28
New & Noticeable:
- Bug fix: latest text message received is no longer hidden under on-screen keyboard.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- The usual minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.27.0
2020-07-20
New & Noticeable:
- New users will see an improved introductory experience.
- Fixed broken cancel button on iPad Contacts view.
- Added a button on voicemails that forwards to setup a custom voicemail.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.26.0
2020-07-14
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed visual bugs on the conversation screen.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Minor performance improvements.
20.24.0
2020-06-29
New & Noticeable:
• Fixed a bug where the video scrubber wasn't staying on track.
• Fixed an iPad-related bug where the drawer would get stuck in the wrong layout on sign out/in.
• Fixed buggy filtering of conversations on iOS 11/12.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.23.1
2020-06-24
New & Noticeable:
• Nothing new this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.23.0
2020-06-23
New & Noticeable:
•Nothing new this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
•The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.22.0
2020-06-15
New & Noticeable:
- You’ll now see a success message after you watch a rewarded video.
- Images sent in a text message will now show up in the push notification to the recipient.
- Fixed an issue affecting sharing TextNow on Facebook.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.21.0
2020-06-08
New & Noticeable:
• There’s a new and improved login flow
• There’s now a “share number” feature available for all users
• Some issues with blocking short code numbers have been fixed
New & Not So Noticeable:
• Some minor design changes to the Contacts screen.
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.20.0
2020-06-01
New & Noticeable:
• The call and message buttons on the conversation list screen are now animated for new users to make it clearer what each button does.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The ad push banner should no longer show when it's not supposed to.
• Ads shown after calls can now also display Amazon-offered ads.
• We now have more analytic insights into app crashes.
20.19.1
2020-05-28
New & Noticeable:
• Nothing new this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.19.0
2020-05-26
New & Noticeable:
• Nothing new this time but we update weekly, so check back next week.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.18.0
2020-05-20
New & Noticeable:
* The app no longer crashes when attempting to send an image.
* There were some cases of not being able to block or unblock certain people. You can now block or unblock whomever you want without any issues.
* The avatar button on the conversation screen was supposed to be tappable, but it wasn't, but it is now.
* The sign in button now remains disabled until the email and password field are both filled.
* The rewarded video feature has been temporarily disabled.
New & Not So Noticeable:
* The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.17.0
2020-05-11
New & Noticeable:
• Incoming calls were not showing up on the call screen if you were already on a call; we've fixed this so you can see all of your incoming calls as you should.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.16.0
2020-05-05
New & Noticeable:
• You can now delete messages in your inbox from us, TextNow (but we hope you don't)
• The "Keep Editing" button now works as it should when you're creating a new contact
New & Not So Noticeable:
• When creating a group conversation, it no longer says "Broadcast"
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.15.0
2020-04-27
New & Noticeable:
• There were some issues with being unable to delete things from the conversation screen. This is no longer an issue and you can delete whatever you want.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.14.1
2020-04-21
New & Noticeable:
• If your contact doesn't have a saved image, you'll now see their initials placed in a little colorful circle as their default image on the home, conversation and contact screen.
• When you enter a name into the "To" field of a new message, we will no longer add "@textnow.me" to the name.
• TextNow contacts that have been blocked are now displayed by their phone numbers instead of their usernames.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• If you're buying a SIM card and your credit card is rejected for being invalid, you will see a new alert on the summary screen letting you know.
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.14
2020-04-20
New & Noticeable:
• If your contact doesn't have a saved image, you'll now see their initials placed in a little colorful circle as their default image on the home, conversation and contact screen.
• When you enter a name into the "To" field of a new message, we will no longer add "@textnow.me" to the name.
• TextNow contacts that have been blocked are now displayed by their phone numbers instead of their usernames.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• If you're buying a SIM card and your credit card is rejected for being invalid, you will see a new alert on the summary screen letting you know.
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.13
2020-04-14
New & Noticeable:
• Ad Free+/Premium subscribers: When entering a call forwarding phone number (in the Call Forwarding section of the settings), the default keyboard that now pops up is a numerical one, rather than the standard keyboard.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• You can now click on ads on the conversation screen.
• There is no longer a “report junk/spam” button when you are the one crafting a new message
• A bug was causing the bottom part of the screen to go black between the conversation and home screen but we’ve fixed this.
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.12
2020-04-06
New & Noticeable:
* Attaching a photo to a message will no longer crash the app. Go ahead and send those pics.
* We’ve changed the way we ask for permissions - we’ll now only ask for the contacts permission when it’s needed.
* You won’t experience any more issues getting stuck on the Add New Contact screen when trying to add an unknown number.
New & Not So Noticeable:
* In some rare cases, people were getting stuck on the login/sign up screen after entering their username and password. This has been fixed and you can now sign up/log in without issue.
* The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.11.1
2020-03-31
New & Noticeable:
- Your messages will now appear in the correct order on all of your devices. Yay.
- You will no longer see a blank screen when trying to add an attachment to a message.
- For you iPad users - you will now be able to see the entire dial pad without the top being cut off. You're welcome.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- The border of message notification badges on the home screen are a teeeny bit thicker.
- The first numbers of your credit card on the SIM card purchase summary page are now hidden by stars.
- Error screens for the Nationwide Talk & Text flow are better looking.
20.11
2020-03-30
New & Noticeable:
- Your messages will now appear in the correct order on all of your devices. Yay.
- You will no longer see a blank screen when trying to add an attachment to a message.
- For you iPad users - you will now be able to see the entire dial pad without the top being cut off. You’re welcome.
New & Not So Noticeable:
- The border of message notification badges on the home screen are a teeeny bit thicker.
- The first numbers of your credit card on the SIM card purchase summary page are now hidden by stars.
- Error screens for the Nationwide Talk & Text flow are better looking.
20.10
2020-03-23
New & Noticeable:
• Previously you may have noticed some issues with your Contacts showing up incorrectly - A’s under B’s, it was madness. Your contacts should now index and show up correctly. Order has been restored.
New & Not So Noticeable:
• There is no longer a sketch feature (but we suspect it won’t be missed).
• Clicking on the top navigation bar of anything other than a conversation thread will no longer bring up a contact/conversation detail screen.
• There is now a white border around the unread message badge in your conversations.
• The usual bug fixes and performance improvements.
20.9
2020-03-16
- Support for Apple Sign In
- Bug fixes and feature enhancements.
20.8
2020-03-09
- Fixed Blank conversation shown when navigating back to it iPad
- Portrait Mode is Now Forced When Using Free Cellular Flow
- Fixed a couple of high impacting crashes
20.7
2020-03-03
- Added the ability to report messages as junk to prevent receiving spam messages in the future.
- Fixed issue on iPad where the conversation list wouldn't show properly.
- Fixed issue with conversation display after pressing a push notification.
20.6
2020-02-24
Bug fixes and performance improvements
20.5
2020-02-19
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
20.4
2020-02-06
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
Note: We recently addressed a temporary server outage that led to some users experiencing dropped messages and emoji formatting. All functionality should now be restored.
20.3
2020-02-05
-Dropping support for iOS 10
-iOS 13 optimizations
-Bug fixes and improvements
20.2.1
2020-01-27
*NEW FEATURE* Now you can use TextNow without WiFi! Get unlimited calling and texting in the US over the Nationwide Sprint Network -- for FREE. Check if your phone is eligible, and get phone service without the phone bill by clicking on "Free Coverage" in the app menu.
- Fixed a crash that occasionally happened when making a new call.
- Fixed an issue impacting the ability to register.
20.2
2020-01-24
*NEW FEATURE* Now you can use TextNow without WiFi! Get unlimited calling and texting over the Nationwide Sprint Network -- for FREE. Check if your phone is eligible, and get phone service without the phone bill by clicking on "Free Coverage" in the app menu.
* Crash and bug fixes
20.0.1
2020-01-17
* Bug fixes.
20.0
2020-01-14
- Bug fixes
9.30.1
2019-12-20
- Bug fixes
9.28.1
2019-12-05
Bug fix
9.28.0
2019-11-26
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
9.27.0
2019-11-19
- Bug fixes related to iPad and landscape mode
9.26.0
2019-11-12
- Modernized the look and feel of the app experience. Stay tuned, more updates to come!
- Other bug fixes and performance improvements
9.25.0
2019-11-05
- Improved the user experience for the drawer
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
9.24.0
2019-10-29
Bug fixes and performance improvements
9.23.0
2019-10-15
- We’ve made a new registration and authentication flow available for users on iPads
- Use your password manager to auto-fill passwords during login
- You can now use the sliding drawer menu in landscape on iPhone
- More bug fixes and performance improvements
9.22.2
2019-10-10
* Moved banner ad to help prevent accidental clicks
9.22.1.1
2019-10-02
Crash fixes
9.22.0.11
2019-09-18
Bug fixes and performance improvements
9.21.0.10
2019-09-06
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
9.20.0
2019-08-23
- Drawer menu was re-designed and now uses buttons to link to functions such as “My Account”, “Add Data”, “Premium Subscription”, and “Earning Credits”
- Added various phone number registration improvements
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
9.19.0
2019-08-13
Minor bug fixes and various performance improvements.
9.18.0
2019-07-26
Minor bug fixes and various performance improvements.
9.17.1
2019-07-16
Fixed the crash where users were unable to login, send a text or make a call.
9.17.0
2019-07-11
Minor bug fixes and various performance improvements.
9.16.0
2019-06-27
Minor bug fixes and various performance improvements.
9.15.0
2019-06-14
Minor bug fixes and various performance improvements
9.14.1
2019-06-05
Various performance improvements.
9.14.0
2019-06-01
Various performance improvements.
9.13.0
2019-05-17
- Fixed a bug that incorrectly showed notifications about conversations that have already been read in the device Notification Center.
- Various performance improvements.
9.12.0
2019-05-07
Various performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
9.11.0
2019-04-19
Miscellaneous bug fixes.
9.10.1
2019-04-09
Fixes an issue that was causing the app to crash for some users during on-boarding.
9.10.0
2019-04-04
Improvements in call quality and calling experience.
Miscellaneous bug fixes.
9.9.0
2019-03-22
- Added support for sharing photos, texts and links via TextNow.
- Fixed a bug where incoming call notifications would appear even though notifications were disabled in the the phone's settings.
- Various performance improvements.
9.8.1
2019-03-13
- Fixed a bug where rotating from portrait to landscape view could make the conversation go blank.
- Fixed a bug where tapping on a push notification of a new message would load a blank conversation.
9.8.0
2019-03-07
Various performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
9.7.0
2019-02-23
- Fixed a bug that caused text to blink while recording video from fullscreen in TextNow.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Conversation page to break when receiving a message or phone call.
- Fixed a bug that could continue to show ads after purchasing Premium until you force-closed the app and logged back in.
- Fixed a bug that would take you to the Conversation page briefly before the dialer pad when making or receiving a call.
- Fixed a bug in Call History that would show the last disconnected call as being "In-Call".
9.6.0
2019-02-06
- Fixed a bug that would still send verifications to your old email address if you've updated it in the app.
- Fixed a bug that hid the default notification sound in the list of available sounds.
- Fixed a bug preventing incoming notifications from being sent to Apple Watch.
- Various performance improvements.
9.5.0
2019-01-24
- Fixed a bug on conversations that caused a significant lag when trying to open the camera.
- Fixed a bug where the app would fail to ask you for permission to access your microphone on calls if no previous permission was given.
- Fixed a bug where blocking a specific contact would accidentally block other unrelated contacts.
- Various performance improvements.
9.4.0
2019-01-15
- Improved the size, shape and quality of media you can share with your contacts.
- Fixed a bug where blocking one number could inadvertently block others.
- Updated support options.
- Various other bug fixes and stability improvements.
9.3.2
2018-12-19
Bug fixes and various performance improvements.
9.3.0
2018-12-05
Animated GIFs are now supported in TextNow!
Various performance improvements.
9.2.1
2018-11-23
- Fixed a bug in the sign-up process
9.2.0
2018-11-21
- Introducing Smart Actions, context-sensitive shortcut buttons that allow you to use the app more efficiently.
- New buttons for SIM card activations with clearer messages.
- Fixed a minor bug with drafts not showing saved pictures or videos in a conversation.
- Various performance improvements.
9.1.0
2018-11-08
- Added large font support for Conversations.
- Replaced generic error messages on login with more meaningful and simple error messages.
- Improvements to the dialer page on outgoing calls.
- Improved our handling of notifications for more reliable alerts.
- Various performance improvements.
We never stop working to make your TextNow experience better.
9.0.2
2018-11-01
We never stop working to make your TextNow experience better.